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Re: Which Kernel version for glibc 2.1 ?
- To: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@weber.uni-paderborn.de>
- Subject: Re: Which Kernel version for glibc 2.1 ?
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
- Date: 30 Jun 1998 08:03:45 -0700
- Cc: libc-hacker@cygnus.com
- References: <199806301312.PAA14650@weber.uni-paderborn.de>
- Reply-To: drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper)
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@weber.uni-paderborn.de> writes:
> With which Linux Kernel should glibc 2.1 work ? Should all things work
> with linux 2.0.xx, or could we expect newer kernel versions ?
>
> I ask this, because nscd needs linux 2.1.108pre1. And the old libc/keyserv
> interface for secure RPC (needed for NIS+ for example), is very, very slow
> and makes a lot of problems.
>
> I have get some new, great hints, which will make it much more faster,
> and much more secure. The problem is, the correspdending syscalls are not
> implemented in linux 2.0.
>
> Should I put more work in it ?
I think so. The solution will probably be that we don't remove the
old code. Simply decide at program startup time which code to use.
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